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Monday - Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm
CB 4026 Phone (807) 343-8460
Fax (807) 346-7796
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Dr. Lada Malek
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Lada Malek
Professor
HBSc, MSc University of Calgary, Calgary AB
PhD University of Alberta, Edmonton AB
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Contact
Email lada.malek@lakeheadu.ca
Fax 807-346-7796
Office CB4050 807-343-8709
Lab CB3008 807-343-8462 |
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Plants and People
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Alpine Plant Physiology
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Issues in Biotechnology
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Research Interests
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Plant protein degrading enzymes - in specific reference to seed germination and degradation of insect proteins in insectivorous plants. Biology of alpine plant species of the Canadian Rocky Mountains - plant nutrition, seed development, germination and seedling establishment, environmental stress tolerance. |
Selected Publications
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Moriyasu, Y. and Malek, L. 2004. Purification and characterization of the 2OS proteasome from alga Chara corallina (Charophyceae). J. Phycol. 40: 333-340.
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Krol, M., Hurry, V.M., Maxwell, D.P., Malek, L., Ivanov, A.G., and Huner, N.P.A. 2002. Low growth temperature inhibition of photsynthesis in cotyledons of jack pine seedlings (Pinus banksiana) is due to impaired chloroplast development. Can. J. Bot. 80: 1042-1051.
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Basset, G., Raymond, P., Malek, L., and Brouquisse, R. 2002. Changes in the expression and the enzymic properties of the 20s proteasome in sugar starved maize roots. Plant Physiology. 128: 1149-1162.
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Ligr, M., and Malek, L. 1997. Ubiquitin metabolism following cold-shock in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Physiol. Plantarum. 101: 865-871.
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Agustini, V., McIntosh, T., and Malek, L. 1996. Ubiquitination and ATP metabolism in garden pea seeds. Physiol. Plantarum. 97: 463-468.
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